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Some readers suggested we put up a “placeholder” to protect new readers from the hardship of spoilers. It seemed like a good idea, so here we are! Please consider supporting this comic and the artists by buying a book!

If you’re a new reader, here are a couple words of praise (taken from the comments section on the last strip) to encourage you:

“thank you thank you thank you. trying not to cry. this was all really great. thanks again sophie and jenn” -Carey

“This webcomic has been one of the highlights of my week for a long time now and I’m really sad to see it go. Great way to finish up. Jenn & Sophie, thanks for the amazing world you created.” -Niall

“You guys have been amazing, this comic has been amazing!! I’m going to miss it a lot, it’s been one of my favourite webcomics and I look forward to seeing whatever work you have in store for us in the future. I’ll miss Darwin and Skittles and Ella and all your fantastic little details to mythology. But I’ll come back to read it all again Thank you and well done!!” -Lolrel

“I can’t believe it. It is over. This Comic is so great. I looked forward for every Tuesday. What do i do now?
I thank you so much!” -Klang

“I’m proud to say I’ve been reading since day 1, following avidly, pestering Jenn for details whenever I see her IRL, and, yes, am crying now. Thanks for the amazing journey, guys. Your rich world full of unforgettable characters was one I looked forward to visiting every week, and I will miss it dearly.” -Gina

“That was fantastic! Thank you both so much for making it. And what a good ending. Endings are always hard.” -Megan

“Done? Done. Now what will I do? Why, start from the beginning again, of course! The end is not necessarily the end. And I think I’ll go read Poopy Claws one more time. Thanks so much for making my Tuesdays rock. I’m going to miss the two of you, not to mention your creations. Best of luck in the future and…bye….” -Jimpost

“Wow. From start to finish, this has been an amazing ride, and I thank you for one of the best strips out there, and certainly the most intriguing from a religious studies perspective (seriously, I’ve been trying to get my colleagues interested so I have people to talk to about it). I wish you all the best as you go on to other projects!

(Now I am off to figure out how DCiGtH will figure into my dissertation as well…)” -Cori K.

“So beautiful, I’m having trouble holding back the tears. This comic has been so wonderful and you lovely people are so talented! Good luck on your future ventures!” -Solsikkeskall

“Brava, Sophie! Brava, Jenn! Bravissimo, and thank you! I do hope that you two do continue to colaborate together. It was a meaty exploration of karma and bike piracy. It was a Williamsburg Journey To The West. Skittles is the character I will miss the most and wish I could see a year later. Sniff.” -Scott Schulz

“Thank you two so, so much for creating one of my favourite webcomics. It’s been part of my Tuesday morning ritual for the last 3 years. It’s kind of weird to think I’ll never check in on Tuesdays for a new page again. Wonderful story. Good luck in the future for both of you, and I can’t wait to see whatever new work you dream up!” -Ellemar

“I’ve read this since pretty near the beginning, and I just wanted to say it has been an incredible pleasure to watch these characters grow and change. You created an astonishing work and I am terribly sad that it has to end. Thank you both for going out on such a great note and please keep your devoted fans in the loop on anything either or both of you do in the future! I can’t wait to see what comes next!” -Lizzidi

“Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful, glorious, madcap story of yours. I have loved every panel. For one, I’m not sad: you have created a complete story that stands by itself, deserving of reading over and over, which I will do.

Keep creating. You are so very, very good at it. May it bring you as much joy as you’ve brought to us.” -Yu Huo

“Thank you for a beautiful web comic! Every Tuesday my wife and I would go ‘It’s Darwin Day!’ ” -A Lama Twirl

“This is a webcomic to remember for ages to come. Thank you.” -Justice

“This sounds ridiculous…but I’m so proud of how you guys ended this comic. I’m so glad to have been a reader for so long. If you do someday change your mind and make a print, I’ll be first on the list. ” -Icaruswes

Just a quick note to all our loyal followers that there is a FABULOUS SALE on the Darwin Carmichael book! Get five dollars off on the book in our store for the next few days! Carpe diem, folks! You can find our store in the upper page header or at this link right here.

We (your humble authors, Sophie Goldstein and Jenn Jordan) are proud to announce the book release party for the print edition of our webcomic Darwin Carmichael is Going to Hell!

The book release party will take place on Saturday, July 19th at 7PM at Bergen St. Comics (bergenstreetcomics.com) in Darwin’s own hometown, Brooklyn. It will feature live readings and book signings by Sophie Goldstein, Jenn Jordan, and Jon Chad. We are super-mega-excited and we hope you will join us!

Event Information

What: Totally Rad Book Release Party for Darwin Carmichael is Going to Hell and The BAD-ventures of Bobo Backslack

When: July 19th, 2014 at 7:00PM

Where: Bergen Street Comics, 470 Bergen Street, Brooklyn, NY, 11217

Why: Because we are very excited about having a book, and would like to celebrate with you!

We will also be celebrating the release of the amazing and talented Jon Chad’s new book, The BAD-ventures of Bobo Backslack. There is no one as unlucky in all of North Dakota as Bobo Backslack. All he wants to do is work hard at his job, get a girlfriend and make his mom proud, but it seems that all the forces from the natural to the supernatural are poised against him. His miserable life is exquisitely detailed within the pages of The BAD-Ventures of Bobo Backslack. You can learn more and pick up a copy here: adhousebooks.com/books/bobo.html.

Hello gang! How have you all been? Have you had nice winters, nice early springs? We hope you have.

We have some exciting news! Each day brings us closer and closer to the release of the Darwin Carmichael is Going to Hell book (which you can pre-order here if you missed our Kickstarter!), and we are patiently-but-not-so-patiently sitting at home, wringing our hands and waiting for the delivery.

But this week has brought some excitement! For you see, Sophie received an advanced copy of the book, and it is a truly glorious thing to behold. Take a look!

Hot dang, isn’t that a sexy book? Here are some more:

Ooh!

Aah!

Sensual spine shot!

Phew! That’s enough for now, we don’t want to get you over-excited. Watch this space for updates, which will surely come en masse when we get the books and and when we start to send them out, fulfilling our Kickstarter orders and pre-orders. Until then, dear readers! Adieu!

How are y’all doing? It’s getting pretty crazy over here in Jenntown. It’s finals period at both the universities where I teach and I am flooded with papers and exams to grade and grant proposals are looming over the horizon… but who can focus on that right now? I’d much rather push all that stuff out of mind and update you all on our Kickstarter.

By all accounts it has been a rousing success. We just topped $20,000 and we are SO PSYCHED. I mean, ribbon bookmark! Spot gloss! Can you get any classier? I submit that you cannot.

If you haven’t donated yet, there are just THIRTY NINE HOURS left to make your pledge, so I’d politely yet enthusiastically urge you to go ahead and do it. Carpe diem! Here are some details on the extras that will be included in the book to sweeten the pot a bit:

Concept art!

The entire book will be footnoted and annotated with extensive commentary. Behind-the-scenes stories? Historical and mythological background from Darwin’s resident medieval historian? Hilarious and embarrassing anecdotes about Sophie and myself? It will all be there.

An introduction from both your humble authors.

SECRET THINGS YOU CAN’T KNOW ABOUT YET.

There are still a number of levels at which you can donate and get sweet, sweet swag. Here are some of the levels that are selling out quickly:

Only 6 of the original 20 levels featuring the Sophie-illustrated Poopy Claws remain!

Only 10 of the original 20 levels featuring personalized Artists’ Editions with sketches of the character of your choice remain!

Only 12 of the 30 levels featuring the Skittles plushie remain! This was the SECOND level with 30 Skittles plushies we created due to high demand- get yours before it’s too late!

Only 4 of the 10 $175 levels featuring the book, the tote bag, the plushie, a personalized Skittles Thank You letter, and a piece of original art with Skittles remain!

Stay tuned as we wrap up our campaign. We’ll be watching our computers with bated breath. GO TEAM DARWIN!

Hey gang! Jenn here. Well, it’s been an absolutely tremendous ten days for Sophie and me since we launched the Kickstarter, so we thought we’d take this opportunity to touch base and catch up.

When we were first wrapping up the comic back in July, we had lots of questions about plans for a future book. Sophie and I talked it over for a good long time, and regretfully decided we just couldn’t do it. I had just passed my oral exams for my PhD and proposed by dissertation, and I was neck-deep in some seriously paralyzing burn-out. Sophie had just graduated from her own graduate program and was busy embarking on building her name and becoming the superstar she’s on the way to being. We really, really wanted a book, but we didn’t want one if we couldn’t put 100% of ourselves into it.

Then we said %&*! it, and did it anyway.

To sweeten the pot, we came up with a whole bunch of incentives to draw back our readers. Things like some of Sophie’s fine works:

Old favorites like our classic tote:

And new delights like this rad Skittles plushie designed by Claire Sanders:

The Kickstarter went live early in the morning on Monday 11, around 2:30 A.M. When Sophie clicked that tiny little button that took it live, I felt my heart climb up into my throat. We were both cautiously optimistic, but that little click planted a teeny, tiny seed of doubt in my brainmeat. What if it didn’t work? I didn’t sleep all too well that night.

Well, we were funded in just four days. In four days we raised $12,000. It was just over 109 hours. Not that I was counting or anything.

So we put up our first stretch goal. We asked you guys to take us up to $14,000 so we could print a hardcover rather than a softback for every backer who ordered a physical book. And you got us there in just over twenty four hours.

Now we started getting ambitious. Which of our wildest ‘let’s-make-a-book” dreams could we fulfill in thirty days?

How about a hand-lettered and signed bookplate for every pledger who ordered a signed book if we make it to $16,000?

Done and done. You got us there in a long weekend.

Now, we’re aiming to give every backer who ordered a physical book one of these rad SCIENCE IS MAGIC bumper stickers if we can make it to $18,000:

And that’s where we are now. Waiting, and hoping. We really, really, really hope we make it to $18,000, because lemme tell ya, the next stretch goal is a doozy. It’s our favorite, and it will take our classiness and fanciness levels right off the charts. So stay tuned, and watch the progress here!

Oh! And one last thing before we go. One thing we did to help get the word out about our Kickstarter was hold a reblog contest on Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr. Three lucky rebloggers would get free copies of the book. Lots of people pitched in and spread the good news for us, and we’d like to thank you all! Thank you so much!

There could only be three winners, however. So we’d like to take this opportunity to publicly congratulate George, Brigid, and Snager. Congrats, guys! We hope you enjoy your books when they come to us, hot off the presses.

And that concludes the State of the Darwin-verse Address. Good night and good luck, stay classy, etc etc etc. We love you.